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Dan Rourke for City Council video
Here’s a video from Dan Rourke, a candidate for Lowell City Council: [youtube]lWfkkgO4YwY[/youtube]
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2013 Senate v. 2011 City Council Elections: Who voted?
As soon as the Lowell tally in the US Senate special election was announced back on June 25, 2013, most political observers were struck first by the scale of Ed Markey’s victory over Gabriel Gomez in the city (58% to 42%). Then came the intriguing observation that almost the exact…
Read More »The Boston Pops on Independence Day
For a decade now, my routine on the 4th of July has been consistent: a family cookout late in the afternoon and then in front of the TV to see the Boston Pops perform at the Esplanade. For several years, I’d been slowly growing disenchanted by the evolution of that…
Read More »“Minimum Wage” by John Edward
John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributed the following column. Legend has it that President Truman asked his staff to bring him a one-armed economist. He was tired of economic advisors saying…
Read More »Lowell reads Micky Ward
Check out (literally) “Warrior’s Heart” at Lowell’s Pollard Memorial Library. Photos (and text) by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 – 3, 1863
This is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg which is in southern Pennsylvania about 100 miles west of Philadelphia. After his victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Confederate commander Robert E. Lee moved his army into Pennsylvania, mainly to bring the war onto northern territory and to motivate the people…
Read More »Storm Warnings
Patches of damp sand and gravel mark the spots where are roads flooded in yesterday afternoon’s deluge. A weather person this morning mentioned that we received close to two inches of rain in just an hour yesterday. But heavy rain wasn’t the real attention-grabber yesterday; it was tornado warnings, at…
Read More »Lowell National Park canal boat tour
Yesterday we took advantage of a free Sunday and some beautiful weather to take the Lowell National Park’s canal boat tour. During the summer, the tour begins every day at 11 am from the NPS Visitor Center on Market Street. You have to pre-register (more info here) and the cost…
Read More »Why Ed Markey won Lowell
June 25, 2013 – Lowell – Markey, 5656 (57%) – Gomez, 4150 (42%) Why did Ed Markey win Lowell? I don’t know for sure but since I was involved in his campaign from the beginning, I figured I’d offer up some observations for whatever they’re worth. A more fact-based answer…
Read More »A fowl post by Gerry
Back at the end of the 2010 football season, the seriousness of the NFL playoffs was interrupted by a story that Jets’ coach Rex Ryan had an affinity for female feet. A few days later while preparing to play the Jets, then-Patriots’ wide receiver Rex Welker gave a seemingly serious…
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